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With the Indians in The Rockies (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 2 290
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With the Indians in The Rockies (Paperback)
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Loot Price R229
Discovery Miles 2 290
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Discovery Miles: 2 390
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original
book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... I saw its tail drop Come
on." That was a certain sign. When a deer of this variety is
alarmed and runs, it invariably raises its short, white-haired
tail, and keeps swaying it like the inverted pendulum of a clock;
but if even slightly wounded by the hunter, it instantly claps its
tail tight against its body and keeps it there. " Here is blood "
Pitamakan called out, pointing to some red spots on the snow. They
were just a few scattering drops, but I consoled myself with
thinking that an arrow does not let out blood like a rifle-ball
because the shaft fills the wound. We soon came to the edge of the
fir thicket. Beyond, the woods were so open that we could see a
long way in the direction of the deer's trail. We dropped to a
walk, and went on a little less hopefully; the blood-droppings
became more scattering, and soon not another red spot was to be
seen--a bad sign. At last we found where the deer had ceased
running, had stopped and turned round to look back. It had stood
for some time, as was shown by the well-trodden snow. Even here
there was not one drop of blood, and worst of all, from this place
the deer had gone on at its natural long stride. "It is useless for
us to trail her farther," said Pitamakan dolefully. " Her wound is
only a slight one; it smarts just enough to keep her traveling and
watching that we don't get a chance for another shot." I felt bad
enough, but Pitamakan felt worse, because he thought that he should
have made a better shot. " Oh, never mind," I said, trying to cheer
him. "There are plenty of deer close round here, and it is a long
time until night. Go ahead. We'll do better next time." " I am
pretty tired," he complained. " Perhaps we had better go to camp
and start out rested to-morrow." I had not...
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